USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Inyo County
Billie Mine
Unconfirmed Boron-Borates Underground
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Inyo
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Boron-Borates
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
- California DMR status
- RECLAIMED
- Reclamation status
- RECLAMATION CERTIFIED COMPLETE BY LEAD AGENCY
- DMR report year
- 2008
Also known as
- Billie Group, Billie I, Billie Ii
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former B-borate mine located in sec. 6, T25N, R3E & in sec. 31, T26N, R3E, SBM (the mine complex proper is in sec. 6 at the sec. 5 boundary. Based on the topo map, a minor portion of the property is probably in sec. 31, T26N, since the mine complex p…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- 2 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
California state reporting
- Operator: AMERICAN BORATE COMPANY
- Report year: 2008
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Anhydrite
- Calcite
- Celestine
- Clay
- Colemanite
- commodity:Boron
- Gypsum
- Howlite
View all 18 reported minerals
- Anhydrite
- Calcite
- Celestine
- Clay
- Colemanite
- commodity:Boron
- Gypsum
- Howlite
- Mud
- Mudstone
- Probertite
- Sandstone
- Shale
- Siltstone
- Strontianite
- Ulexite
- Veatchite
- Veatchite-1M
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (1)
- mapped adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
California DMR Mines Online
Type: California state mining record
Record: 91-14-0021
Supports:
- operation status
- reclamation information
- reporting year
- operation type
A DMR match does not by itself prove underground workings.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 3469
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (18)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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